Loss of High School Credit
Loss of High School Credit
When a student receives a failing grade( below 65) for a course, no high school credit for that course is earned. In most cases, the student will need to make up the lost credit either to continue a sequence of courses in one department or to meet minimum graduation requirements. Failure to successfully complete the school’ s coursework places the student at risk regarding continued enrollment. The student has the following options:
a. In some cases, the student may elect not to make up the lost credit if the course is not required for graduation. The failing grade would appear on the student’ s transcript and would affect the student’ s cumulative grade point average.
b. The student may make up the lost credit by repeating the course through CCS at a later date. Although both grades would appear on the student’ s transcript, the grade earned by repeating the course would be used in the calculation of the student’ s cumulative grade point average. BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING RESTRICTIONS, REPEATING A COURSE MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR MANY STUDENTS.
c. The student may enroll in a summer school program through a local school district. The course taken must be the equivalent in basic content to the course failed at Cornerstone. The enrollment process and expenses associated with a summer school program are the responsibility of the student. Upon completion of the summer school course, an official transcript from the school offering the course must be requested by the student’ s parent and mailed directly to Cornerstone. The course will appear on the student’ s transcript on a pass / fail basis, with credit earned if the course is passed. The initial failing grade would be retained on the student’ s transcript and used in the calculation of the student’ s cumulative grade point average.
d. The parent may hire a tutor to instruct the student in the course failed. The tutor must be a certified teacher, qualified to teach the course, and not related to the student. The tutor must be approved by the school before the course is taken. A minimum of 60 hours of tutored instruction and 75 hours of homework and educational activities are required to earn 1 credit. A minimum of 30 hours of tutored instruction and 37.5 of homework and educational activities are required to earn 0.5 credit. The expenses of tutored instruction are the responsibility of the student. Upon completion of the tutored course, the student will be required to take a proficiency exam and receive a grade of 65 or higher to receive credit for the tutored course. The course will appear on the student’ s transcript on a pass / fail basis, with credit earned if the course and the proficiency exam are passed. The initial failing grade would be retained on the student’ s transcript and used in the calculation of the student’ s cumulative grade point average.
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